Viking Venus

Viking “floats out” Viking Venus in Italy

Viking, the “thinking person’s cruise” line has launched its seventh ocean ship, the 930-passenger Viking Venus in Italy. Scheduled to debut early next year, ...

Norway Expedition Team

Hurtigruten, Ponant and Aranui announce cruise starts

Some international cruise lines are resuming operations sooner than expected, with expedition leader, Hurtigruten, one of the first lines to return to the seas ...

MSC Seaview

MSC Cruises delay cruise operations until 1 August

MSC Cruises has halted all cruises until 1 August as global pandemic restrictions continue to pose challenges to the travel industry. Passengers who are ...

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Get 70 per cent off cruises as lines battle to win back passengers

Cruise lines are slashing fares by up to 70 per cent in a concerted effort to attract passengers back to holiday on the high ...

Silver Origin

Silversea takes delivery of new luxury ship and steps up Australasian cruising

Silversea has taken delivery of  Silver Origin, a ship specifically designed for the delicate but beautiful environment of the Galapagos Islands. The luxury line ...

Passengers taking a photo of an eagle

Hurtigruten returns with specials and “the world’s most beautiful voyage”

Expedition cruise line Hurtigruten will be one of the first lines to return to the oceans when it starts itineraries on the stunning Norwegian ...

pride of america cruise

Hawaii not expecting cruises until mid-2021

Hawaii tourism experts are predicting cruising won’t resume until the second half of next year, according to a new tourism report. In a grim ...

Avalon Waterways deal

With just days to go, what the new river cruise will look like

River lines will be first off the ranks to cruise European and American waterways from next month as more companies unveil stringent, new health ...

7 of the best winter cruise destinations

Aussie cruising could start as early as June

Expedition cruising in the Kimberley could be the first to kick start the industry as domestic travel restrictions lift in early June, Sarina Bratton, ...

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Viking has paused its river and ocean sailings until 31 August

Viking Cruises has halted its river and ocean sailings until 31 August because travel remains “complicated”, Viking chairman Torstein Hagen said. “This has truly ...

New Zealand

Silversea poised to sail the “travel bubble” to New Zealand

Silversea Cruises is working through the government’s proposed “travel bubble” to ensure that Silver Explorer and Silver Muse will be able to sail in ...

Ovation of the Seas, Sydney

Australasia’s cruise industry group gets new chair as lines prepare for relaunch

Gavin Smith, Royal Caribbean International’s managing director Australia and New Zealand, has been appointed the new chair of Cruise Lines International Association Australasia. Mr ...

Silversea Silver Origin

Remotely-operated sea trial for Silver Origin

Silversea Cruises has successfully conducted the remotely-operated sea trial of its latest luxury ship, Silver Origin off the Netherlands despite the challenges of the ...

Super Star Gemini

From baking cakes to cash, how cruise lines are helping health heroes

From raising money, baking cakes, sounding horns in unison to providing temporary accommodation for workers recuperating from COVID-19, individual cruise companies have taken the ...

Hurtigruten

Expedition line, Hurtigruten suspends all voyages until mid-June

Expedition line, Hurtigruten has extended the suspension of its worldwide sailings until 16 June. “We are two months into what is a truly extraordinary ...

Scenic Eclipse I & II Arctic Exploration

Scenic’s confidence in cruise: five more luxury yachts to be built in new yard

Scenic Group has shown strong confidence in the future of the luxury cruise sector, cutting steel for its second expedition ship, Scenic Eclipse II, ...